The Observer view on the Biden-Zelenskiy talks: now is no time to reduce support for Ukraine | Observer editorial

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Published Sep 16, 2023
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Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -18% Liberal:

  • 1 negative sentiment for Criminal justice
  • 1 negative sentiment for Government Interference


Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 6% Negative and bias score of 10% Conservative:

2 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Antony Blinken
3 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Joe Biden
1 positive sentiment for Donald Trump


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Government Interference
Criminal justice

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Antony Blinken
Joe Biden
Donald Trump

Sentiments

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40% Blinken's words well express the magnitude of the challenge."
16% Biden is proposing a new $24bn package of military aid."
10% That was evident during the Republican presidential TV debate, when several candidates echoed Donald Trump in questioning continued US support."
-6% For his part, Biden may warn Zelenskiy that while he remains committed to helping Kyiv free its territory from Russian occupation, his administration faces ..."
-12% Republicans in Congress critical of Biden's policy, and eyeing next year's elections, have seized on a CNN poll indicating that 55% of Americans oppose ..."
-12% But if the western powers lose heart and begin to abandon Ukraine, then Blinken's hinge of history will slam shut, closing the door on ..."
-18% How much more avoidable suffering and divisiveness must there be, how much more institutional damage and international destabilisation, before the world finally realises that ..."
-26% "How much more avoidable suffering and divisiveness must there be, how much more institutional damage and international destabilisation, before the world finally realises that ..."
-26% "Now is not the moment to wobble, to give in to this thug, to abandon international law, justice and basic human rights.""
-28% When Zelenskiy sits down with President Joe Biden on Thursday, there will be no disguising that Ukrainian progress on the battlefield this summer has ..."

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : How much more avoidable suffering and divisiveness must there be, how much more institutional damage and international destabilisation, before the world finally realises that this is not just about Ukraine - it's about everyone?Last week, Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, said a "hinge moment in history" has been reached.
37% : Now is not the moment to wobble, to give in to this thug, to abandon international law, justice and basic human rights.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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